Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-04-08
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Q scenes In the Picturesque cnRifas
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2 There are few cities in Europe 50 pre-
I possessing as Bul',-Pesth writes a cor
/ respondent Of me SOU Francisc
Chronicle, On the right, as sou COM
down the Danube. Is tho long line 0
steep hills. the slopes and heights o
which are covered or crowned by Buda,
the ancient fortress occupied SO long
by the Turks; the royal chateau built
| by Maria Theresa and occasionally oc-
cupicd by the emperor, and u little fur
ther down. on an elevation, part ally
detached. the huge fortress that now
| defends the city. Pesth is on tho left,
! spreading out vast network of streets
and places over broad plain bounded
i by groves and low hills that appear in
the distance. All the life. the activity,
the commerce. and nearly all the pop
ulation in Pesth- Buda sleeps and
dreams on its sunny slopes among
its vineyards, and about its for
trcsses aud castles that keep ever u
watchful eve on the historic river and
its busy, busting better half opposite.
Buda was formerly. and Il still, by
portion of tho population. called Ofeu
(stovo or oven). Whether Il was be-
cause of She summer heat do not know.
but the locality is decidedly warm IN
midsummer, and even til late in the
fall. though fresh breeze sweeps at
night up and down the Danube.
The name Of Buda goes before that OF
Pcs,h. Royalty precedes the proletar-
lat II is the most pertinent modern
example that | know OF the tail wag-
ging the dog. Nevertheless the two
places go well together, Business
brings everybody TO Posth. Even the
tourist bent oaly on pleasure Il obliged
to make h home there, for it has all
the fine hotels But il is pleasant to
have retreat like Buha so near. You
have only to cross one of the three
monumental bridges and you run
against the hillside. covered all the
way To the castle summit with trees
Up this steep ascent you wind slowly
by gcomeirical paths. stopping occa-
sionally to rest on the friendly benches
that occur from time to time on the
little terraces along the route. ii one
does not wish to walk he takes q car on
an inclined railroad. some hundred
yards in length, that mounts Mt an
angle of forty-iive degrees. 1t is ar
ranged on the well-bucket principle
one car mounting while another de-
sccnds the power being regulated by
a steam-englne. There are two classes,
each having an end of the vehicle. and
paying respectively for the round trip
and krcutzers ca and n trle over
cents) There is also splendid
tunnel. giving access to the part of the
city beyond the Hill to traverse which
costs pedestrian , kreutzers. 1t is
built on the principle of the egg-shell,
which is supposed to comb ne the
greatest amount Of strength with the
highest degree of convenience to the
hen. Cut off the tip OF the large end
of an cgg-shell about half way to the
bulge, set the shell upright on the end
thus abbreviated, and you have mn idea
of the arch of the great Buda tunnel.
which has been made merely as q
matter of municipal convenience. Its
engineer certainly had IN idea of what
was at once strong and graceful. Re
garded as work of public benefit. it
shows an active and enterprising
people.
1t is interesting to know that here, as
at Vienna, the greater part of the fine
buildings, aside from those that are
strictly of q public character. have been
built b. Jews. Those in the Radal-
strasse. for instance, one of the finest
streets IN Europe, are said to be nearly
all so built and owned They are larre